PEPINO -Seeds

These fantastic solanacea's are so easy to grow and are so generous with their juicy and delicious fruit that I don't understand why they are not everywhere you look.Pepino grow easily from seed with an 80% viability rate, but if you don't want to wait, we have well rooted cuttings as well.Seeds are best planted in early Spring or late Winter.The Pepino plant itself is a bit of a sprawler, growing naturally to about 60cm high but spreading to aprox. 1 metre.We stake our plants up which increases the height to aprox. 1M but contains the spread a little and makes it easier to find the fruit.The pale green fruit of Pepino is decorated with a deep magenta stripe if it ripens in the sun.Fruit is unstriped if it ripens in the middle of the bush in the shade.The taste is sweet like a rockmelon but with an apple texture and overtone.